As the health care reform debate heats up, doctors are joining the fight on behalf of their patients. Monday, doctors' groups representing more than 500,000 physicians nationwide, including the SEIU Healthcare's Committee of Interns and Residents, Doctors Council and National Doctors Alliance, convened in Washington, DC to announce their new ad campaign.

In an unprecedented joint endeavor, representatives from a variety of prominent doctors' groups came together to create an ad that will run in the print and online editions of Roll Call this week. This ad is just another way in which SEIU doctors have voiced their strong support for health care reform.

"Doctors have a real stake in this effort," said Dr. L. Toni Lewis, President of the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare. "We have put off reform in the past, only to see even more patients unable to afford the care we prescribe, even more of our judgments overruled by insurance companies, and even fewer investments in primary care, prevention, health IT, and developing the physician workforce of tomorrow. Now is the time for dramatic change to improve the welfare of our communities and the financial health of our hospitals."

In addition to the SEIU groups mentioned above, the ad also features endorsements by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association, the American Medical Student Association, the American Osteopathic Association, Doctors for America, the National Medical Association and the National Physicians Alliance.